Israel has arguably some of the best physical and cyber intelligence and defenses in the world. And yet, in the early morning hours of October 7, Hamas managed to infiltrate its hardened defenses without warning and perpetrate an act of terrorism that has horrified the world in recent weeks.

Almost immediately, the question was raised: How did Israeli intelligence miss this? At the time of this writing, that question has yet to be answered. But what is coming out is that Hamas likely engaged in a “disinformation” campaign meant to make it seem like they were not at all planning an attack of a scale they had never before attempted. In other words, they made it seem like “business as usual” all while preparing to do something completely new and unthinkable.